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In 25 minutes, chamber music from #Rotterdam: #Ravel #Prokofiev #Heggie #Weill #Shaw and #Costello https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/chamber_music_from_rotterdam_ravel_prokofiev_heggie_weill_shaw_and_costello/86428/ #wch
#Costello's accusation has had 'chilling effect' on #democracy, public servants say; the official was merely "pointing out the flaws in #evidence the #minister herself provided to justify a $200 million #tax break for #tobacco companies." https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/532907/costello-s-accusation-has-had-chilling-effect-on-democracy-public-servants-say
I ended up playing This Year's Model for the first time in - well, decades, probably. What a brilliant album!
Anyhow, given the state of the world, this seems appropriate.
"And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky
They're putting all your names in the forbidden book
I know what they're doing but I don't want to look
You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny
Wait until they've got you running to the
Night rally."
#PostPunkPowerPop #Costello
https://youtu.be/y87K9-fJbdQ?feature=shared
"Time for Peters to step in and end Costello’s farcical run"
Vernon Small on why the bumbling Minister-for-giving-a-$250m-gift-to-Philip-Morris has to go.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350441359/time-peters-step-and-end-costellos-farcical-run
Casey Costello, the Minister for Philip Morris, has released the "independent advice" she relied on to change our smoking laws to favour big tobacco.
RNZ says the five articles "are either about different products, outdated, or only offer weak support for her view."
Costello speaks with a forked tongue.
Twas a turd in office, & evidently remains a turd evermore.
#AusPol #ShitParty #Costello
RE: bird.makeup/users/ronnisalt/st…
(BTW Trump's man)
Trancsript:
RT @tylermcbrien
So what exactly happened when Justice Merchan ordered everyone out of the courtroom during *that* tense moment earlier today?
Thanks to Lisa Kramsky, Senior Court Reporter, and the magic of transcripts, now we know. 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1792721689907741029.html #Trump #Criminaltrial
Chaos breaks out in courtroom as defense witness Robert Costello battles with Judge Merchan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3Ru-3syG8
#JudgeMerchan #Costello #surrogate #contempt #court
#Trump #CriminalTrial
'This is unbelievable': CNN reporter reacts to judge admonishing witness at Trump trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPrb21qYW94
#Trump #CriminalTrial
#Costello #JudgeMerchan #contempt #Bove #MichaelCohen
@GottaLaff. NFL. Based on this thread, #Costello seems absolutely venal.
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After another sustained objection, Merchan says: "Please approach," with a hint of give-'em-an-inch exasperation in his voice at the scope of the questioning.
Bove gets a pinpointed question about Trump's knowledge over the plate, and Costello replies:
"Michael Cohen said numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about these payments."
Costello repeats that Cohen said this "numerous" times.
Prosecutor: Objection.
Judge: Sustained.
Costello: "Geez!"
Merchan to Costello, with annoyance: "I'm sorry?"
Merchan excuses the jury to castigate Robert Costello.
"I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. [...]
"If you don't like my ruling, you don't say 'Geez!'"
He also may not give him "side eye."
Merchan orders the courtroom cleared.
Trump’s entourage in the first couple of rows appears to be allowed to stay.
The press is in the hallway.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/475/289/148/232/394/original/e13300569c25aaa6.png "textshot:
After another sustained objection, Merchan says: \"Please approach,\" with a hint of give-'em-an-inch exasperation in his voice at the scope of the questioning.
Bove gets a pinpointed question about Trump's knowledge over the plate, and Costello replies:
\"Michael Cohen said numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about these payments.\"
Costello repeats that Cohen said this \"numerous\" times.
Prosecutor: Objection.
Judge: Sustained.
Costello: \"Geez!\"
Merchan to Costello, with annoyance: \"I'm sorry?\"
Merchan excuses the jury to castigate Robert Costello.
\"I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. [...]
\"If you don't like my ruling, you don't say 'Geez!'\"
He also may not give him \"side eye.\"
Merchan orders the courtroom cleared.
Trump’s entourage in the first couple of rows appears to be allowed to stay.
The press is in the hallway.")
In earlier testimony, #MichaelCohen made #RobertCostello (#Giuliani ally & lawyer who offered services to Cohen in 2018 when he was under investigation) sound as if he were an intermediary for #Trump, trying to keep Cohen #loyal. #Blanche is trying to complicate the relationship, asking if Costello told Cohen he had the option to cooperate w/ #law enforcement.
Reporting is #Costello’s role was convoluted, but Cohen did accept some legal advice from him at that time.
#Costello came to despise #MichaelCohen & testified before a grand jury last yr in hopes of undercutting Cohen’s credibility. The grand jury nonetheless indicted #Trump.
Cohen testifies, w/emails on the screen, that Costello continued a fierce pressure campaign to keep Cohen loyal. Cohen says he understood Costello to be telling him not to cooperate w/ #law enforcement after the FBI raid.
The message from the then president of the United States was “stay in the fold, don’t flip, don’t speak.”
Prosecutors can argue that if #Trump knew about the false records & did not stop them, as #MichaelCohen says, then he aided the #crime.
The synchronization of the Trump tweets & Robert #Costello's outreach to Cohen helps to reinforce the idea that Trump was no longer communicating w/ Cohen directly, but he was still trying to make sure that his embattled fixer was under his thumb.
#MichaelCohen just testified that the #Costello emails came in perfect synchrony w/ the #Trump tweets is support of Cohen.
The NYTimes wrote an article in 2019 about the awkward role Robert Costello served here. He had intended to be Cohen’s lawyer, & spent countless hours on the phone w/him, but was never formally retained.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb